Built 1931 Architectural style Georgian, Federal Opened 1931 Added to NRHP 22 February 2006 | Architect Earle & Fisher; et al. NRHP Reference # 06000062 Area 8 ha | |
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Location Leicester, Massachusetts Similar Lake Lashaway, Quaboag Pond, Buffumville Lake, Wellfleet Drive‑In Theater | ||
The Washburn Square–Leicester Common Historic District encompasses the historic civic heart of Leicester, Massachusetts. It includes Washburn Square, as the town common is called; the buildings along its perimeter; and the properties along Main Street extending east along Main Street to its junction with Henshaw Street. It includes the 1939 Leicester Town Hall, Becker College's 1962 Swan Library, a Victorian Gothic Revival First Congregational Church (a rarity due to its comparatively late construction date, 1901). The south side of Washburn Square (named for Leicester native son Governor Emory Washburn) is lined with stately homes that now are almost all owned by Becker College.
The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.